Vanessa tameamea isolate:Waianae Genome sequencing and assembly

The Kamehameha butterfly, Vanessa tameamea, is an endemic species to the Hawaiian archipelago. Though it can still be found on each of the main Hawaiian islands: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii island, loss of habitat due fragmentation has led to its rapid decline in population size. Currently, a captive breeding program exists to curb its descent into being listed as a federally listed endangered species. This specimen is from a wild collected population from Waianae on Oahu and was sampled from a colony maintained by the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

卡美哈美哈蝴蝶，学名 Vanessa tameamea，为夏威夷群岛的特有物种。尽管该物种仍可在考艾岛、欧胡岛、莫洛凯岛、玛乌伊岛以及夏威夷岛等主要岛屿上觅得踪迹，但由于栖息地因破碎化而丧失，其种群数量急剧减少。目前，一项圈养繁育计划已实施，旨在遏制其种群数量进一步下滑，避免被列为联邦级濒危物种。本标本源自瓦伊阿内地区，在欧胡岛的一次野外采集，并由夏威夷大学马诺阿分校维护的种群中采样得来。